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In the last paragraph, the author of the post you are replying to is saying something entirely consistent with what you are saying here. The title of the article, on the other hand, is suggesting something less nuanced, and ks2048's main point seems to be that putting arrows on the charts at 1971 does nothing to support the view that a singular tipping point occurred in that year.



Ah, but it does, if you just understand a single thing about economic indicators. Context matters. We could rehash every minor news story into a longform essay or we could use what we already know to interpret what's being presented here.




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